The Avalanche. (Lubbock, Texas), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1913 Page: 1 of 12
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THE LUBBOCK AVALANCHE
VOLUME XIV.
LUBBOCK LUBBOCK COUNTY TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST 14 1913
NUMBER 6
TIE COMMISSIONERS III SESSION
TO RECLAIM PANHANDLE TRACT'
WYLIE KILLED BY SILO
Capitol Land Company Said to Own ; High Wind Blew Silo Under Con- !
E
GTORS H
T
E LUBBOCK
750000 Acres in Excess of Grant
Survev Planned
truction Down and Results
in Death of Owner.
REGULAR QUARTERLY TERM HELD THIS WEEK AND CONSID-
ERARlE BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Jill NOT PW RABBIT BOUNTY flFTEfl SEPTEMBER U
Austin. Au.!. -The state of A feeling of deep regret fell
Texas i proparin to roclaim a over the cjty nf Lul)b()ck fl8t
1 tract of land valued at $K(XX. I Satliril:iv aftPPnmin u.hpn infnr.
every lexan'm:. .. aior.unil rt un
: that S. A. Wylie was dead as a
THEY .COME SEE AND ARE ANXIOUS TO GET OUT TO
THIS BALMY CLIMATE
Some Road Business Looked After Tax Levies Made and Reports of
County Otficia's Butchers Etc. Received Action of R-Survey-irg
County Lines Postponed Till Later Date
rtoo. As nearly
knows many years ago the state
granted to John V. Farwell of
hicago and his associates a solid
' tract of land in the Panhandle
'consisting of .V.ooo acres in
exchange for the state capitol.
TKfl lonH ii'an t tr4i r a 'tn ra i . .
... j-';ed ty a rather strong wind
ago was worm . rents an acre tu ..-i th i.
and was regarded as worthless navjn)? erected
result of a silo' which was being
erected on his place falling on
him.
About five o'clock a heavy
cloud came up and was preceed-
and
Wylie was
LUBBOCK FflRMERS WILL HARVEST HEAVY CROPS
for agricultural or even forgraz-
Only in the last
The County Commissioners ' for road and bridge purposes
have been it session this week' In Hockley county a levy of
ever since Monday morning and 22 12c on the hundred
fin;.ht waa. i dolla" valuation of property was
man
on his stock
farm not being securely braced.
mg purposes unly in the last i anA M. Wtlia waa
j few years has the man with the I crushec beneath tne wreckage. I
He was dead when the rescueing
party cleaved enough ot the de-
Some Parts of Country Has Been Dry and Crop Will Be Short
But as a Whole Big Yield
is Reported.
fcTternoon.
Accounts of various
were allowed.
Reports of the butchers
hide and animal inspector
duly approved.
Returns of the special election
in School District No. fi to de-
termine whether a tax for
school purposes of .Vie on the ;
$100 valuation of property bei
levied was canvassed and re-i
rutted in five votes being cast!
for the tax and none against. A 1
like election was held in School'
District No. 10. and it was found
that 2 votes were cast and both '
were for the tax levy. In School i
District No. 17 an election of
the same nature was held and i
seven votes were east all for the!
tax. I
V. L. El wood having agreed;
to give the county sufficient land j
through his pasture on the road
leading northwest toward Ijimb
eounty for the opening of a
county road the Court instructed
the Lounty Judge to prepare
dedication papers for same.
I'pon proper petition Voting
Precinct No. 6 was discontinued
and added to Pre. No. 2 which is
the voting box in the southeast
corner of the court house and
precinct six was the Burgess
voting box.
jnooi uistrici ;v. . in are
cent election
e for general DurDoses and
I the same amount was levied for of the
MKnran county tor the same
j pu rpose.
hoe invaded that region demon
strated that crops can be raised
there and increased values to $2."
per acre.
Several months ago when en-.
ineers were making a resurvey 1
boundary line between
New Mexico and Texas thevi
made the discovery that the land
bris away to get to the body.
He was severely bruised in
different places on the body
especially about the head and
chest. A physician was called
During the past week a
number of prospectors have been
in Lubbock and have bought land
in the county. They came saw
and believed and were willing to'
invest their money in some of
few days the yield will be im-
mense. Cotton is not in the
least hurt the fact is its ideal
cotton weather and the plant is
well fruited. Harvest has begun
and farmers are going to be the
busiest set in the country from
nwA An OfCllOHtion tav tvaa author. u i : .u .1 1 1
were jram as 11 is caneu is mucn in
I L . . . . .
vocnran counties or one-half the excess of 3000.000 acres. In a
j amount allowed by law to the report to the state legislature it :
state on all occupations now j charged the syndicate holds 1
.wxeo unoer me laws or the; boit 1.000. 000 more acres than
jit is entitled to.
in common scnooi districts 1. ; When this fact became
3.
1. and 25. Lubbock eounty. a
school tax of ST for the purpose!
!of supplementing the school
I funds appropriated respectively j
in each district. District 17 and
1 12. 2.K District 10 10c for
general purposes and 10? for;
1 interest and a sinking fund to!
' pay principle on bonds issued.'
Districts. 6. 11. 16. 10. 22 and
1 21. Lubbock county 0c. Dis-
i trict 7 and 20. ic. District 2 '
' 20e for general purposes and 2kr
I for interest and sinking fund i
District 8. in Hockley county.
10c. and district 1.1. 12c. i
Court adjourned.
Although nothing went on the
minutes regarding the matter
the question of re-surveying the
county lines and establishing
them from a point at the south-
west corner of Childress county
was discussed and the matter
will be taken up with adjoining
counties to determine what shall
; be done regarding it at an early
date. It is the contention of
known
recently a representative of the
company declared that while it
occupied more land than called
for the excess was only : to 000
acres and that the company
merely took what was offered
and that it was the fault of the
state. But investigators now
assert that the excess is 750 000
acres or more.
In order to determine the
exact boundaries of the big tract
; the state will again survey and
' will take back the excess land. I
If the amount is 750.000 acres it j
1 will bring to the fctate $18.000.
000 in revenue. All of the land !
is good. Farming already is
iU'tively engaged in in many parts
of the tract. A sea of pure;
water underlies the tract and it
can be tapped at a shallow depth i
and used for irrigation at slight
expense. Many such wells are
already in "Deration.
H hot could do nothing affJ Lubbock county's rich soil. They! now on till the big crop is in the
aiv cui.mous iu gt-i possession oi Niio me Darn or in tne rick.
t ka nni.rlii tv on (tin I Con. U.. . i 1
the crushed andi ' im.iu are going io De in
come ngnt on to me nnest i demand soon. Harvesting
county and the most pleasant ! machinery is being hauled out
climate in the world. One man ' to the big farms and the fact
said he c:uld hardly wait till fall j that fast machinery will be used
to get out here but had to stay 1 and the latest improved methods
where his crop was and gather adopted is the only way that our
it before moving to Lubbock. farmers can possibly get their
He went back home a convert ! crops gathered. It is a good
however and is at this very time time to be getting that exhibit
telling of the greatness of old 1 for the fair and the farmer
i Lubbock and the beautiful South i should co-operate with the
back life to
bruised man.
Mr. y!ie was one ot our
i.iost prominent and highly re-
'spected citizens and his" death is
greatly lamented by the people
of this community. His remains
were embalmed so that burial
might be postponed awaiting the
arrival of relatives from a dis
tance. Interment was had in
the Lubbock Cemetery at 5:00
o'clock Monday. Rev. J. L.
Elliott conducting the services.
Mr. Wylie was a member of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church i
He leaves a family and also aj
number of near relatives who'
have the deepest sym
l T ft-.lwlr riAstrtlA nr A oil UjVil
i . . . . : and with
had the pleasure of knowing Mr.
Wvlie.
NINE SUBJECTS SUBMITTED
j Plains. As a whole the Lubbock
j farmer will harvest heavy crops
j There are a few farmer's in the
icounty that
good season
the crop will be light but the
Chamber of Commerce in pro-
viding stuff for the exhibit.
Lets all pull together. Pros-
have not had as'pectors cn readily see what a
as ordinarily and I magnificent country we have.
Why not get in the collar and
for a bigger Lubbock and
better development of the
another rain within a South Plains. Come to Lubbock.
i thv of i 'u'rKe9t ee cn'P ' the h'9tory ! Pu"
.. of the country is already made j the
KILLING AT SLATUN
THE BAPTIST MEETING
Survey of School Ldi.d With View
to Reclaiming Excesses Among
Governor's Recommendations
E. M. Riley Stabbed J. W. Smith
of Big Springs to Death
Snnday Morning
Protracted Meeting Began Last
Sunday at the Tabernacle and
Has Continued all Week.
resulted in T Y "e Hre Panhandle Sunday School
Sunday School Convention
Canvon Tex.. Aug. 12. The
Con
school improvement
16 votes bein cast. 11 for the correctly located and the vention wi held at Canyon
bonds and 5 against them. I 0Unty commi8'" leek- i September !5rd to 5th.
The report of J. J. Fatterson. j to c"rrect W error that may W. N. Wiggins. State Secre-
etal.. composing jury of view! " " "uc- uein' Itary. and his elHcient corp. of
for the road south fromSlaton
the north line of Lynn coun
was received.
J. L Powell et aL. jury of view
for road made a report which :
: I A j ..i
was cjuuuiucu uiu a(jpruTa Mia
the clerk ordered to issue
warranU to those who claimed
to tte9 h'Ve taken at "; workers will be here and a good
time but the matter will be coition is expected.
; thoroughly sifted out at a near
i tuture date.
3307 Bales of Cotton
Austin. Texas Aug. 12. A
reyort just issued by tne Com
j ujiMuiicr u& vicn culture ra. k.
danic. -b) rmiN of opening the KoB howt A dun
rod.t the rate of $15.00 Pflth of JuIy m
acre.
Ward Crim. overseer of the
Lubbock and Abernathjr road
July there were 5.307
bale of cotton ginned in this
state. This is 4.120 bales more
than rri r rMxA k .
uim uiiica vi vnw rvu Uiat ijimi '
recently
Aben'
en changed near
receipts show a ginning of 17.-
258 bales of cotton for the cor-
rMhnnHinn mnntk .n 1011
. .1 1. lV.il Ul III 1.714.
t 7" . -" j Round bales are counted as half
overseer for the road fromjjj
Slaton south to the Lynn county I '
line w' "ivon ana wue were
Each Sunday School in the
district is expected to send dela-
gates; the program will be in-
teresting and instructive.
H. J. Robbins who for some
weeks has had charge of the
Commercial Barber Shop left
Monday for Plain view where he
will reside in the future Mr.
E. M. Taylor formerly witn the
Imperial Barber Shop has taken
the management of the Com-
mercial and is now in charge.
Mrs. P. J. Boy lea. of Dallas
sister of Mrs. Ed Robinson
arrived Wednesday morning and
will remain several weeks the
guest of her sister. She spent
'.It was ordered by the Court ! Bhake and j ev1erl we?k' nere la8t -ummer
that a bounty of 5c each for
rabbit scalps be discontinued and
that no scalps will be paid for
that are brought in later than
September 6th.
TAXK3 R 1913
bruiaed by being thrown from! nd mny Wl11 remember her and
their buggy while on their way
from their home near Lorenzo
Austin. Tex. Aug. 11. - dov.
Col'iuitt's message to the Iegis-
j lature today submitting nine
additional suh;ccts is as follows:
Kxtending the time in which
! the Mag of Texas may be used as
j a trade mark or label so as to
enable merchants to dispose of
j stocks bearing that design.
Prescribing the number of
members of the board governing
agricultural ex pen men t stations
and conforming the state law to
the Federal law so that aid may
be had from the Federal Govern
menL
An amendment to the act of
1911 providing for the redemp
tion of lands and lots heretofore
sold or that may be h ereaf ter
sold for State county or city
taxes.
Regulating the time of holding
court in the Thirty-Fourth
Judicial District the validating
process heretofore issued by the
court.
An act harmonizing the conflict
between the suspended sentence
law and the indeterminate
sentence law.
Providing for a survey of
school lands so as to reclaim
excesses in surveys for the
Last Sunday morning just as
the north bound passenger train
Stopped at Slaton one of the
greatest tragedies occurred that
has ever been witnessed by
human eyes in the county.
J. W. Smith who we under-
stand was a druggist at
Big Springs was a passenger on
j According to announcement in
the last issue of the Avalanche
j the ISaptist people began their
i series of revival services at the
'tabernacle with the Sunday
morning service.
They were some what disa-
pointed when it was announced
that Rev. Finney could not
arrive till the middle of the
tK train em waa T.ilt Cmitk i
boarded the train at Sweetwater ! We bUt the Vt0 th
As the passengers were alight-1
ing from the train Riley stated
be glad to meet her again.
W. T. Jennings is nursing a j school fund and creating a board
evening. very sore hand this week. He! to direct the surveys etc.
Authorizing the incorporations
of companies to acquire land and
hold same for colonization
1 to Lubbock. Monday
The breast stap broke letting stated that some kind of poison-
(the buggy pole drop down jous insect stung him though he
Anadvelorem tax of 25c on 'htening the team causing 'did not know when but his hand
thejluo valuation of property I tnem to run n'' throw the j is badly swollen and tne bitten I purposes and form land credit
was levied for general revenue 0Ct:uPttnl from the buggy place is bat'ly inilanieJ. j unions whert by owners and ten-
purposes for Lubbock county i 'Neithl'r ere Piously injurwd j Alien and wife who had nU mttv c0lt'rl in "tablish.
daring 11.13 and 10c on the one ' nd will soon be en- L'n hjg Bo0 w A j Ing homes
hundred dollars valuation 0f tirely recovered. l..ii.. ..:. .. Creating a Stats warehouse
cuiuiuusion pruviijing lor iniiiu-
ed warehouses and co-operative
marketing.
Authorising appropriations to
lltJUlwU duCiUCit!S.
!
property to pay interest on' W. l IWnson and son W. O.
bonded indebtedness and crrats Jr. left Saturday tor Amarillo
a unking fund and for general and will nt Wichita
court house purputfs. and iU . fvre rtturnicjt boas.
way the past month or more
came in Tuesday and left I
Falls he- Wednesday morning for their
home in Hals eounty. '
in his preliminary hearing that
he recognized Smith as the man
he had vowed he would kill the
first time ' he placed eyes upon
him. Smith got off the train
and stepped into a nearby wago-
nette and was followed by Riley
who stabbed him in the neck and
several other places about the
body in the region of the heart
and shoulders from which Smith
died in a few minutes.
Riley was taken in charge by
the constable at Slaton and
brought here on the same train
that the two men came up to
Slaton on. He has placed in
jail and remained there till
Monday afternoon when he
made statement to the court
and his bond was placed at $10-
(Ksl which he readily gave and
was released awaiting the action
of the next grand jury.
It was stated by Uiley that
some time ago Smith intulted
Ililey's wife and he had vowed
that he would kill him if he ever
saw him and he claims this was
i lh first time they had met since
the occu ranee.
It is a deplorable affair and
our people are sorry iiideed for
such a thing to happen within
the county border.
or Plainview. came down and
bombarded the fort till Wednes
day at the 10:00 o'clock hour.
Rev. Finney arrived at 11:30
and began preaching with the
Wednesday night service and
will continue to the end of the
meeting which time has not
been definitely announced.
Other denominationa are co-operating
nicely and good congre-
gations are greeting the speaker
at each service.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lynch of
Lovington New Mexico accom-
panied by Mrs. C. C. Medlin and
daughter were here Monday.
Mrs. Medlin and daughter left
on the afternoon train for Okla
homa their home. They had
been visiting at the Lynch home
at Lovington for several months.
Charlie Ward arrived in our
city Tuesday. He has been gone
several months and has been em-
ployed on the Uvalde rper ever
since he left Lubbock and he
tells us that he is a full Hedged
tvpo now.
Foy K. Wallace of (leorge-
town son of our Mr. Wallace
arrived in our city Tuesday and
is visiting his parents. He is a
preacher and will be heard at
the Fast Side Christian church
Fruity m-iit.
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Dow, James L. The Avalanche. (Lubbock, Texas), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1913, newspaper, August 14, 1913; Lubbock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth287994/m1/1/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .